HOUSTON (November 14, 2009)—The interracial interdenominational Texas Pastor Council is calling on military prosecutors to file a 14th premeditated murder charge against accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the death of the unborn infant of Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, who was pregnant when she died in the Nov. 5 rampage.

Hasan was charged Thursday with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood’s Soldier Readiness Center.

Velez, who was assigned to Fort Hood’s 15th Combat Support Battalion, had just returned from her deployment in Iraq and was preparing to return home to Chicago because of her pregnancy.

“We now know that murder victim Pvt. Francheska Velez was pregnant and in the eyes of God, our nation and the laws of Texas her child was also a murder victim so should be treated as such,” the group said in a statement issued Friday.

"We join the call by others to elevate the count of murder victims to 14 as required under the Texas Unborn Victims of Violence Act adopted by the state legislature and signed into law in 2003,” the group said.

“Every one of those murdered or injured by this terrorist deserves full justice, including Pvt. Velez's child who will never run, play or be held by his or her mother,” the group said.